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From Decca’s own back catalogue comes a 1958 Bohème long considered one of the finest ever recorded, partly due to the masterly conducting of Tullio Serafin, who balances the score’s exuberance and poignancy. His cast is formidable, with Renata Tebaldi a complete Mimì and a melting Rodolfo in Carlo Bergonzi. The rest of the central quartet – Ettore Bastianini’s Marcello and Gianna d’Angelo’s Musetta – are on a par, and the result is a treat for Puccini lovers.

-- BBC Music Magazinereviewing the complete Bohème reissued as Decca 470431From Decca’s own back catalogue comes a 1958 Bohème long considered one of the finest ever recorded, partly due to the masterly conducting of Tullio Serafin, who balances the score’s exuberance and poignancy. His cast is formidable, with Renata Tebaldi a complete Mimì and a melting Rodolfo in Carlo Bergonzi. The rest of the central quartet – Ettore Bastianini’s Marcello and Gianna d’Angelo’s Musetta – are on a par, and the result is a treat for Puccini lovers.

-- BBC Music Magazinereviewing the complete Bohème reissued as Decca 470431Read less

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